Hugo leibe



(No Model.)

H. LEIBE.

HARNESS LOOP.

No. 261,240. Patented July 18, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

HUGO LEIBE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM M. LERCH, OF SAME PLACE.

HARNESS-LOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 261,240, dated July 18, 1882. Application filed June I, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HUGO LEIBE, of Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Loops; and I hereby declare the same to be fully, clearly, and exactly described as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of a harness-saddle embodying my invention, the part to the left of the line a: being in central longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the loop. Fig. 3 is a plan, and Fig. 4 a section on an enlarged scale, of the loop, back-strap, and saddle.

My invention has reference to loops for attaching straps to harness, and it is especially applicable to the attachment of the back-straps to saddles.

The invention will first be described, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, A is a saddle, having padsv curved side bars, f, and cross-bars f, and a shank, g, which terminates in a transverse bar, G

Instead of two bars f, a single one mav cross the loop, which is made of a width to take the back-strap D.

To attach the loop it is turned so as to bring its bar G parallel with the slot 0, when it is pressed down through the slot and turned to bring the bar to a position transverse to the slot. The back-strap D is then thrust under the bars of the loop, as shown.

By my construction the loop will play in the slot as the back-strap moves to either side, (see Fig. 3,) and thus prevent wear. Moreover, the device is very cheap, readily applied, and imparts a handsome finish to the saddle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, the harness-loop herein described, consisting of a plate provided with side and top bars,ff, and transverse bottom bar, G, the same being adapted for attachment to a harness-saddle, as set forth, and to secure and permit of lateral play of the back-strap.

2. In combination with the saddle and tree having longitudinal slot, the loop 0, having side and top bars, ff, and transverse bottom bar, G, and the back-strap D, as set forth.

HUGO LEIBE.

Witnesses:

R. D. WILLIAMs, W. M. LEROH. 

